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Be greeted Emil,

On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 9:21 AM Emil Engler via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> Hello, I tried myself with some Bitcoin development. For this I used of
> course the Bitcoin testnet. However it took me one hour to sync the
> blockchain with around 1538358 blocks. In my opinion that is too much
> for a testnet. Especially the blockchain size with around 26GB is so
> much. Would it be possible to reset the testnet with a new genesis block
> ? And if so, can we setup a fixed cycle for resetting the testnet (For
> example every second 1st of January) ?
>

At the moment, I somewhat doubt this is likely to happen. Signet provides
an alternative for configuring multiple separate private and public testing
networks. If you would like to get involved, check out the recent
discussion on the topic recorded here:
http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/bitcoin-core-dev-tech/2019-06-07-signet/

- Bryan
http://heybryan.org/

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Be greeted Emil,<br><br>On Sat, Jun 8, 20=
19 at 9:21 AM Emil Engler via bitcoin-dev &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev=
@lists.linuxfoundation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt; w=
rote:<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);p=
adding-left:1ex">Hello, I tried myself with some Bitcoin development. For t=
his I used of <br>
course the Bitcoin testnet. However it took me one hour to sync the <br>
blockchain with around 1538358 blocks. In my opinion that is too much <br>
for a testnet. Especially the blockchain size with around 26GB is so <br>
much. Would it be possible to reset the testnet with a new genesis block <b=
r>
? And if so, can we setup a fixed cycle for resetting the testnet (For <br>
example every second 1st of January) ?<br></blockquote><div><br>At the mome=
nt, I somewhat doubt this is likely to happen. Signet provides an alternati=
ve for configuring multiple separate private and public testing networks. I=
f you would like to get involved, check out the recent discussion on the to=
pic recorded here:<br><a href=3D"http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/bitcoin-=
core-dev-tech/2019-06-07-signet/">http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/bitcoin=
-core-dev-tech/2019-06-07-signet/</a><br><br></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr" c=
lass=3D"gmail_signature">- Bryan<br><a href=3D"http://heybryan.org/" target=
=3D"_blank">http://heybryan.org/</a><br></div></div>

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